On Thursday (12/28), TEC Yogyakarta conducted the second online exchange program scheme between Madrasah Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Indonesia) and Taipei Municipal Chengyuan High School (Taiwan) virtually. In this opportunity, the senior students of both schools became the participants of the agenda. The agenda was opened by the moderator and then continued by the opening remarks delivered by Ms. Grace Ou (director of the Education Division of TETO Indonesia), Dr. Liu Wei Jui (School Director of Taipei Municipal Chengyuan High School) and Mr. Zulkifli (Vice Director of Madrasah Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta). After the opening remarks, the participants continued the agenda to the photo session.
In the presentation session, all the students were divided into five groups and entered different breakout rooms. During the presentation, the Indonesian students presented a presentation regarding the Introduction of Madrasah Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, the Indonesian cuisine, the Indonesian culture and taboo and Indonesian clothing. As for the Taiwanese students, they delivered a presentation about Taiwan landmarks, historical places in Taiwan, and important dates in Taiwan. The Taiwanese students showed a big interest in Indonesian cultures and some of them also mentioned that Indonesia is very diverse and rich in cultural elements. The topics brought by the Indonesian and Taiwanese students were very interesting and enriched each other’s knowledge regarding the cultures and histories from both countries.
After the presentation session, the agenda in each room was continued by a question-and-answer session. In this session, the students asked questions regarding the topics. One student of Mu’allimin threw a question about how usually the Taiwanese celebrate the Chinese New Year in Taiwan and what are the places to visit in Taiwan, especially in Taipei. Since the Taiwanese student mentioned about the historical halls in Taiwan such as Zhongshan Hall, another student from Mu’allimin was wondering what kind of important gatherings and cultural events could be conducted there. The students of Chengyuan also showed a great interest in Indonesian culture and asked some questions about the diversity in Indonesia, such as how the local people in different areas in usually use their local language to communicate and what are the consequences if the local people do the pamali or taboo that were mentioned during the presentation and also what places that must be visited in by them if they come to Yogyakarta.
